MDNT Society x Japanther x Woah x The Cutthroats

The James Halloween Shop Party from Basque Creative on Vimeo.

10-28-11 // Basement Shop party at The James in Shockoe Bottom

Grape vended, sold mad product, and documented the event while costumed Richmonders enjoyed themselves amongst amazing punk and spun vinyl.

Shout outs to @SarahJuku804, @brianmcdinosaur,  @HipHopVA of Charged Up Studios, our man Bobby Wiggins, the hosts @MDNTSociety & @CreeperDaReaper, Woah, The Cutthroats, @Japanther & photographer @NoNameNoBrain
Halloween costumes or not, everyone had a great time and raged until 3:45AM. WORD!

Visit the rest of this evening's picks through Patrick Rossman's Flickr account HERE
 See the above video on Facebook  HERE

 Yessir.

 Lord Of The Rings x Sad Bear

 Sarah Collins x Iain Duffus

 Batman

 Happy Osama

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The homies.

 Tank tops...

 Japanther's speakers.

 Donations for touring bands and party hosts.

 Black Reed, Grape & friends are 100% Fresh.

 Kreayshawn.

 Brian McDaniel, curator of Dirty Richmond

 Rawr.

 Riff Raff.

 Jermaine Edwards, MDNT Society founder

 Two up, two down.

 MDNT

A Night at Kingdom // 10-27-11

Kulture brings their sponsored artist Mikealis in town along with headliner Chris Webby to Kingdom. Chance Fischer performs his and Kleph Dollaz' new EP "Passport To Nowhere", sponsored by Grape Cloth. 
Joey Gallo spit his verse from the track, "Nice", and Richmond showed love to all that rocked the stage.

Download the whole "Passport To Nowhere" EP HERE 

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@_Booki
@Mikealis
@RunRVA
@KultureVA
@gallo80
@ChrisWebby
@DJRNS
@GrapeCloth

Sticker & Button Packs Available Now !

Grab these packs of sticker/button goodness HERE

Tara King & Conrizzle Backstage On The Generation Lasers Tour

Watch singer/songwriter Tara King, alongside Grape-affiliate Conrizzle, as she talks about her experience on tour with platinum recording artist Lupe Fiasco. This was filmed  backstage at Lupe's Raleigh, NC stop on the Generation Lasers tour.

This video was also uploaded to The LupE.N.D. Blog a few weeks ago... very dope!

Follow Tara King HERE
Follow Conrizzle HERE
Follow Lupe Fiasco HERE

[Shot by Applewhite Films, edited by Conrizzle]

New Crack-And-Peel Stickers

As our brand is grown locally, so are these stickers! 
Get at us on Twitter (click below) to get some of these, or to get some of your own made: 
@GrapeCloth
#SupportLocalBusiness

Pale Horse Design Studios

Studio Tour of Pale Horse Design from Pale Horse Design on Vimeo.


This video is too dope!
S/O to Bo Braden AKA @BOObotcher over at http://vanwilderlife.tumblr.com for putting us on to this.

NEW VIDEO: Evelyn Evelyn "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn"

Evelyn Evelyn "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn" Music Video from Amanda Palmer on Vimeo.


One of the coolest concept EP's we have come across in a long time, Evelyn Evelyn's Elephant, Elephant, is the brainchild of singer/song writer Jason Webley and Dresden Dolls singer Amanda Palmer.
Amazing storytelling and wonderful, melodic vibes keep you interested from beginning to end while the duo tells the story of conjoined circus twins adventuring through their bizarre life. Read the story below the following picture.


The video above is also one of the most intriguing and creepy animations we have ever seen... we immediately had to share this!

"EVELYN and EVELYN NEVILLE are a songwriting duo performing original compositions on piano, ukulele, guitar and accordion. The sisters are parapagus tripus dibrachius twins, sharing three legs, two arms, three lungs, two hearts and a single liver.

Born September 11, 1985 on a small farm on the Kansas-Colorado border, the Evelyns have traveled the greater part of North America performing with “Dillard & Fullerton’s Illusive Traveling Show”.
Their unique musical style is inspired by their many eclectic influences - from 80's music to showtunes, Joy Division to the Andrews Sisters.

The sisters currently reside in Walla Walla, Washington. They are fluent in chicken and their favorite colors are purple and yellow." - www.evelynevelyn.com

NEW MUSIC: Phil The Thrill - GRLFRND

With the release of Phil The Thrill's Barely Awake dropping TODAY, we are releasing one of the stand out tracks on the album before the whole project is posted this afternoon. GRLFRND, is a song that is about a female vying for the attention of Phil but he doesn't know if she can be his Girlfriend.

Phil The Thrill - GRLFRND

 (Cover Done by @PSImDope - Previous Credits Include: Wale's Ambition & 9th Wonder's Wonder Years Album)


Download:
Mediafire:  http://www.mediafire.com/?qn65jin78numt0m
Hulkshare:  http://hulkshare.com/omv4ennwwhj0

Stream:
Soundcloud:  http://snd.sc/oTd1Xc

Related Content:

Phil The Thrill - Make You Famous (Download)

Phil The Thrill - Barely Awake Trailer (Video)

Contact:

FlyThoughts.com

Twitter.com/PhilTheThrill21

Facebook.com/PhilTheThrill21

This Weekend !!!

You've only gotta be 18+ to get in this FREE show!!!

Bands that are being covered:

Black Flag

The Misfits

Descendents

Dead Kennedys

Elvis Costello

The Offspring

Joy Division

Metallica

Anthrax

Venom

Slayer

Join us as we parade around in costume, along with the rest of Richmond, enjoying great music!

Saturday is Punk Night, Sunday is Metal Night !!!

Grape Meets RVA Punk Band, T-Division

Article by: Kayce Johnson

The Don - Drums

"Meeting T-Division was an experience in itself. It was their enormous and crazy sense of humor, and how much they care about each other, that came through as they discussed making music and being in a band.  

As four intelligent men, they’ll talk on a subject they love for hours. 
T-Division is a Richmond punk band that’s been adding chaos to their genre for two strong years. They do so by outright denying restrictions implied through trying to fit a certain style or singing about subjects typical of punk music.

With music about friendship, love for their city, and life among other things, their music is relatable and at times thought-provoking. Given the positive energy they send out it’s no wonder Grape Cloth took an interest in them. The excitement they draw at house shows and more formal venues is felt before they even take mics in hand. 

Matt - Bass

Matt, T-Division's bassist, explains their philosophy: “When we play music it’s for no other reason but to make us happy and to make other people happy.” Often they get people at their shows who don't listen to Punk and, following their listening experience, will make a point of letting the band know how much they enjoyed their music.

Judah - Lead Vocals

For Grape’s Hip-Hop-based followers who may be interested in checking out a new kind of music, I asked T-Division if they thought there is a correlation between Hip Hop and Punk music. Simultaneously they represented an underlying common attitude in one motion: they stick their middle fingers up. Lead vocalist Judah explains that Hip Hop and Punk had been pushed to the outskirts and, "when what you love so much was (considered) bad... that gives birth to defiance.”

Scott - Guitar, Vocals

“In a way we're all rebels and we're all a community,”guitarist Scott finishes. During our conversation, T-Division gave shout-outs to Black Liquid and Lord Slugg, both Grape Cloth counterparts.  Talking to all parties revealed evident mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work. As T-Division puts it, "having a good time and creating something you love is not genre specific."

Even if you don’t already listen to punk, you should definitely check T-Division out. 
You can catch them at Night of the Living Dead Bands this Halloween weekend at Strange Matter. It's a FREE show where local musicians do covers of bands who are no longer together. You can spot them as Black Flag on Punk Night, Saturday October 29^th. "
- Kayce Johnson

Below is the Facebook event page:
 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227502293972631

Follow writer Kayce Johnson HERE


Find out more about T-Division at the following links:

"Like" T-Division HERE
Follow T-Division HERE
Listen to FREE T-Division music HERE 


Pics by Brandon Hambright

VIDEO: Noah-O - Voices

After his first major release titled "I Got It" (which has been hitting MTV Jams regularly), Noah-O of Charged Up Ent releases his second video directed by Monsee' and The Media Den. This dope song, telling about the struggles involved with free will, was produced by Rick of Black Sky Media and recorded in Charged Up Studios.


Charged Up Studios is a huge, high-quality establishment allowing Richmond, VA's music scene an opportunity to express themselves through creativity and sound. Located right on RVA's iconic Broad Street,
Grape was lucky enough to have a look around the other week and we urge you to contact HipHopVA, as soon as possible, to reserve your studio hours.


Follow Noah-O HERE

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Here's some behind-the-scenes footage of the "Voices" shoot created by our friends at the Planet804 blog:

Invention

We found an insanely-interesting article in the New York Times concerning the amount of patents Mr. Steve Jobs was personally involved in. From desktops to iPods, packaging to operating systems and even power adapters, he did it all. 317 Apple patents later... 


Find the article HERE

Chance Fischer & Kleph Dollaz - Passport To Nowhere Preview

Richmond-bred artists Chance Fischer and Kleph Dollaz have been gracious enough to allow Grape to help promote & sponsor their newest project, the "Passport to Nowhere" EP.
Living up the street from each other, this duo is churning out some of the dopest tracks Richmond will be able to claim. Excitement is an understand when describing this combination.

We have also been fortunate enough to get sneak previews of the newest additions to the EP, and we are sharing them with our friends and family so you can get as excited about this release as we are. 


Below is the newest release, "Celebration", and we listened to it on constant repeat - while delivering local orders... by hand. 
This is riding music.

The first single, "Race Against The Sun", off the upcoming Chance Fischer & Kleph Dollaz EP "Passport to Nowhere" is fire!
For your downloading and listening pleasure, click below and get your mind blown.

This project is going to be ridiculously dope and we can't wait to bring every update to our fans as quick as possible.


Follow Chance Fischer and his rise to Hip Hop fame HERE

Follow Kleph Dollaz' motivational words and ground-breaking production HERE

Ryan Dix meets Orchard Lounge - RIchmond, VA

Entrepreneuring photographer and Grape representer Ryan Dix spent the evening with Orchard Lounge, The Reinhold and many others at the extremely-packed Canal Club last September. 

Below are parts of his visual adventures into the world of Down Tempo House. 

Check back with us soon so see more photos from Ryan's travels, including another Orchard Lounge show out in Denver, Colorado. The guys from Orchard Lounge let Ryan document their exploits again, this time with VIP access. Stay tuned...


DON'T FORGET TO "LIKE" RYAN'S FACEBOOK PAGE HERE